diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b8bce56..f6b7378 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ var _log2 = _interopRequireDefault(_log);
 
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }
 
-// our code
-
-
 // their code
+var emailCheck = require('email-check');
+
+// our code
+// es6 runtime requirements
 function slackin(_ref) {
   var token = _ref.token;
   var _ref$interval = _ref.interval;
@@ -195,13 +196,6 @@ function slackin(_ref) {
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-
-    var captcha_data = {
-      secret: gcaptcha_secret,
-      response: captcha_response,
-      remoteip: req.connection.remoteAddress
-    };
-
     var captcha_callback = function captcha_callback(err, resp) {
 
       if (err) {
@@ -232,7 +226,24 @@ function slackin(_ref) {
       }
     };
 
-    _superagent2.default.post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify').type('form').send(captcha_data).end(captcha_callback);
+    var email_check_callback = function email_check_callback(email_is_valid) {
+
+      if (email_is_valid) {
+
+        var captcha_data = {
+          secret: gcaptcha_secret,
+          response: captcha_response,
+          remoteip: req.connection.remoteAddress
+        };
+
+        _superagent2.default.post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify').type('form').send(captcha_data).end(captcha_callback);
+      } else {
+
+        return res.status(200).json({ msg: 'WOOT. Check your email!!' });
+      }
+    };
+
+    emailCheck(email).then(email_check_callback);
   });
 
   // iframe
@@ -283,4 +294,4 @@ function slackin(_ref) {
   });
 
   return srv;
-} // es6 runtime requirements
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 684625f..4df9a25 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import remail from 'email-regex'
 import dom from 'vd'
 import cors from 'cors'
 import request from 'superagent';
+var emailCheck = require('email-check');
 
 // our code
 import Slack from './slack'
@@ -158,14 +159,6 @@ export default function slackin ({
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-
-    const captcha_data = {
-      secret: gcaptcha_secret,
-      response: captcha_response,
-      remoteip: req.connection.remoteAddress
-    }
-
-
     const captcha_callback = (err, resp) => {
 
       if (err) {
@@ -211,10 +204,35 @@ export default function slackin ({
     }
 
 
-    request.post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify')
-    .type('form')
-    .send(captcha_data)
-    .end(captcha_callback);
+    const email_check_callback = (email_is_valid) => {
+
+      if(email_is_valid){
+
+        const captcha_data = {
+          secret: gcaptcha_secret,
+          response: captcha_response,
+          remoteip: req.connection.remoteAddress
+        }
+
+
+
+        request.post('https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify')
+          .type('form')
+          .send(captcha_data)
+          .end(captcha_callback);
+
+
+      }else{
+
+        return res
+          .status(200)
+          .json({ msg: 'WOOT. Check your email!!' })
+
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    emailCheck(email).then(email_check_callback)
 
 
   })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 563d46b..bedf11e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "body-parser": "1.10.2",
     "cors": "2.7.1",
     "debug": "2.1.1",
+    "email-check": "^1.1.0",
     "email-regex": "1.0.0",
     "express": "4.11.0",
     "hostenv": "1.0.1",